RE: Profit RE: World Attitude (was: Re: Down Under Attitude)

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Ronn Blankenship
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:08 AM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: Profit RE: World Attitude (was: Re: Down Under 
> Attitude)

> >Surprise, John! There are people in the world (and on this list) that
> >are NOT Americans. Just because it is not interesting to Americans, it
> >might actually be interesting to others.
> 
> 
> However, the work of rebuilding will be done _in_ America, probably
> mostly _by_ Americans, so the interest of others outside the country
> (unless they work for a company that bids on a contract for part of the
> project, in which case that contract will probably be drawn up
> following American laws and business practices) is pretty much
> theoretical, which might  be why John responded the way he did.

I suggest you go back and read my previous messages on this. What I wrote
had nothing to do with getting building contracts; what I was talking about
was the *morality* of making a profit, due to an event that has cost
thousands of lives.


Jeroen

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